Republicans: The Cinched Nomination

In its main order of business, the 1964
Republican National Convention was all but over before it began. Barry
Goldwater's presidential nomination was as close to a cinch as anything
in politics can be.

But that conclusion did very little concluding. Still stretching ahead
was the steep, stone-stubbled campaign road to November. And in their
anger and anguish at Goldwater's imminent nomination, Barry's
Republican critics seized on battle cries that will echo hither and
yonand be picked up by the Democratsthroughout the coming campaign.